New book purchase includes complimentary digital access to the eBook. This comprehensive reference is the consolidated source for the judicial code of Title 28 and all the various rules of procedure in the federal courts, updated to include the latest amendments. Designed for practitioners and judges as well as for federal courts students, and conveniently sized for carrying with you, this volume nevertheless contains the U.S. Constitution, selected provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Federal Arbitration Act, Criminal Code, and Civil Rights Acts, and the full text of the Judiciary Act of 1789, in addition to all the civil, criminal, evidence, habeas

New book purchase includes complimentary digital access to the eBook. Updated to include the latest amendments, this statutory supplement provides the clearest and most useful collection of statutes and rules for courses in civil procedure-even including a sample set of local rules. The Supplement's unique organizational structure presents much information, but manages to do so without sacrificing a clean and usable presentation of the rules. A clever system of annotation succinctly explains amendments, and a separate presentation of the advisory committee notes now grouped by rule allows inclusion of red-lined versions of the rules, thus making the notes easy to understand and enabling reconstruction of the versions formerly in effect. This presentation reflects the fact that advisory committee notes are as important to a theoretical study of civil procedure as to a doctrinal or practical approach.

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This classic civil procedure casebook begins with a detailed overview, thus providing students with a solid and complete grounding in the subject, before proceeding to in-depth coverage of the major problem areas. It is highly versatile and can serve the most profound of civil procedure courses as well as a modern compact course allotted as few as three semester hours. Thanks to its flexible structure, it also fosters diverse teaching methods. The thirteenth edition retains prior editions' range and depth of coverage, while reflecting a thorough rewriting for improved flow and clarity. It newly features most prominently a reordering of the Part on jurisdiction and a reworking of the rapidly changing subject of general and specific personal jurisdiction. Finally, it brings a proven "Stories" approach to the presentation of the major cases' backgrounds.

This casebook is the concise, and very modern, version of a respected classic of civil procedure casebooks. The key to its brevity is its efficient and systematic step-by-step survey of the subject in Part One, which provides a tight 270-page comprehensive treatment of current civil procedure. The survey suffices to give the students a complete and solid grounding in civil procedure by means of the cases, commentaries, text, and questions that progress from pretrial and settlement to trial, judgment, appeal, jurisdiction, and complex litigation. This brief yet thorough coverage leaves time for in-depth treatment of a few selected problem areas regarding the system's fundamental structure in Part Two on governing law, Part Three on authority to adjudicate, and Part Four on res judicata. The thirteenth edition has been thoroughly updated. It newly features most prominently a reordering of Part Three and a reworking of the rapidly changing subject of general and specific personal jurisdiction. Finally, it brings a proven "Stories" approach to the presentation of the major cases' backgrounds.

This casebook is the concise, and very modern, version of a respected classic of civil procedure casebooks. The key to its brevity is its efficient and systematic step-by-step survey of the subject in Part One, which provides a tight 270-page comprehensive treatment of current civil procedure. The survey suffices to give the students a complete and solid grounding in civil procedure by means of the cases, commentaries, text, and questions that progress from pretrial and settlement to trial, judgment, appeal, jurisdiction, and complex litigation. This brief yet thorough coverage leaves time for in-depth treatment of a few selected problem areas regarding the system's fundamental structure in Part Two on governing law, Part Three on authority to adjudicate, and Part Four on res judicata. The fourteenth edition has been thoroughly updated. It newly features most prominently a reordering of Part Three and a reworking of the rapidly changing subject of general and specific personal jurisdiction. Also, to meet an accelerating need, it introduces new materials on arbitration. Finally, it brings a proven "Stories" approach to the presentation of the major cases' backgrounds.

This casebook is the concise, and very modern, version of a respected classic of civil procedure casebooks. The key to its brevity is its efficient and systematic step-by-step survey of the subject in Part One, which provides a tight 270-page comprehensive treatment of current civil procedure. The survey suffices to give the students a complete and solid grounding in civil procedure by means of the cases, commentaries, text, and questions that progress from pretrial and settlement to trial, judgment, appeal, jurisdiction, and complex litigation. This brief yet thorough coverage leaves time for in-depth treatment of a few selected problem areas regarding the system's fundamental structure in Part Two on governing law, Part Three on authority to adjudicate, and Part Four on res judicata. The fourteenth edition has been thoroughly updated. It newly features most prominently a reordering of Part Three and a reworking of the rapidly changing subject of general and specific personal jurisdiction. Also, to meet an accelerating need, it introduces new materials on arbitration. Finally, it brings a proven "Stories" approach to the presentation of the major cases' backgrounds.

This classic civil procedure casebook begins with a detailed overview, thus providing students with a solid and complete grounding in the subject, before proceeding to in-depth coverage of the major problem areas, such as federalism, jurisdiction, res judicata, and parties. It is highly versatile and can serve the most profound of civil procedure courses as well as a modern compact course allotted as few as three semester hours. Thanks to its flexible structure, it also fosters diverse teaching methods. The fourteenth edition retains prior editions' range and depth of coverage, while reflecting a thorough rewriting for improved flow and clarity. It features most prominently a reworking of the rapidly changing subject of general and specific personal jurisdiction. Finally, it introduces materials on arbitration.

New book purchase includes complimentary digital access to the eBook. This comprehensive reference is the consolidated source for the judicial code of Title 28 and all the various rules of procedure in the federal courts, updated to include the latest amendments. Designed for practitioners and judges as well as for federal courts students, and conveniently sized for carrying with you, this volume nevertheless contains the U.S. Constitution, selected provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Federal Arbitration Act, Criminal Code, and Civil Rights Acts, and the full text of the Judiciary Act of 1789, in addition to all the civil, criminal, evidence, habeas corpus, MDL, appellate, and Supreme Court rules.

New book purchase includes complimentary digital access to the eBook. Updated to include the latest amendments, this statutory supplement provides the clearest and most useful collection of statutes and rules for courses in civil procedure-even including a sample set of local rules. The Supplement's unique organizational structure presents much information, but manages to do so without sacrificing a clean and usable presentation of the rules. A clever system of annotation succinctly explains amendments, and a separate presentation of the advisory committee notes now grouped by rule allows inclusion of red-lined versions of the rules, thus making the notes easy to understand and enabling reconstruction of the versions formerly in effect. This presentation reflects the fact that advisory committee notes are as important to a theoretical study of civil procedure as to a doctrinal or practical approach.

This outline summarizes the black-letter rules of civil procedure. It covers general considerations, litigating step-by-step, authority to adjudicate, complex litigation, governing law, and former adjudication. It allows students to understand how their course materials fit together, doing so by conveying a conception of civil procedure-the relationships among the ideas and the law that constitute the subject. This book is carefully designed and written as a study aid in preparing for classes and as a review aid in studying for examinations, containing all the many special features that characterize the highly successful Black Letter Series of books, such as a glossary and sample examination questions and answers.

This Concise Hornbook covers the main points of civil procedure that any student needs to understand, and covers them briefly but thoroughly enough to be understandable. It focuses on the material covered in a typical law school course on civil procedure, tied to no one casebook. It breaks down the subject of civil procedure along the standard lines: a brief orientation; then a lengthier overview of the stages of litigation, followed by a close inspection of the major procedural problems (governing law, authority to adjudicate, former adjudication, and complex litigation); and finally some reflections in conclusion. It discusses specific problems and illustrations, with the aid of generously sprinkled diagrams and special text boxes. Special attention was given to fitting the civil procedure course's main points together to form the big picture, with each topic ending in a section on the "big idea" (separation of powers, vertical federalism, horizontal federalism, full faith and credit, or procedural due process) that the student is supposed to take from the topic.

The papers in this volume address the provisions of the 1999 Hague Jurisdiction and Judgments Draft Convention and the state of the negotiations as of the summer of 2000. They were presented at the symposium "A Global Law of Jurisdiction and Judgments: Lessons from The Hague," held in July 2000 at the Centre Pantheon (University of Paris I Law Faculty) as a part of the Cornell-Paris I Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law. Part I focuses on the jurisdiction provisions of the 1999 Draft Convention. For the most part, the papers in Part II look to the future, though they also deal briefly with the judgments provisions of the 1999 Draft. One paper takes up changes in European Union law that will significantly affect future negotiations concerning the Draft Convention. The other two offer analyses of the major hurdles blocking the way to a successful convention and proposals for vaulting those hurdles. At the beginning of each of the two Parts a brief commentary on the papers presented in each Part is also included. The papers analyze the jurisdiction provisions of the 1999 Hague Jurisdiction and Judgments Draft Convention and shed light on many of the basic difficulties that must be resolved if a global law of jurisdiction is to be achieved. In a second part of this book, another set of papers discuss the less controversial judgments provisions of the Draft Convention, as they also look to the future of these critical international negotiations. As work on The Hague Jurisdiction and Judgments Convention continues, these papers will serve as a major reference point. The papers will also form a part of the historical background and commentary on what may become before long aglobal law of jurisdiction and judgments. Revised for this volume, the papers remain up-to-date, yielding a volume that is fundamentally forward-looking with commentary on and overview of the papers presented in each part. The benefits of this publication include critical analyses of The Hague Jurisdiction and Judgments Draft Convention by authors and editors with great expertise and reputation. This volume provides critical analyses of the Draft Convention and should appeal to any private international specialist.